AA Central Hotel

2.0 star property

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Sports facility
Property entrance
Living area
Sports facility
Iron/ironing board

Reviews

5.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Parking available
    Parking available
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Business services
    Business services

Explore the area

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64A Reads Avenue, Blackpool, England, FY1 4DE
  • Winter Gardens
    8 min walk
  • Coral Island
    8 min walk
  • Opera House Theatre
    10 min walk
  • Blackpool (BLK-Blackpool Intl.)
    13 min drive

Room options

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

Family Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Blackpool

Located in Blackpool (Blackpool Town Center), AA Central Hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Winter Gardens and Blackpool Tower. .This hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Blackpool Central Pier and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Blackpool Illuminations.

What's nearby

  • Winter Gardens - 8 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Coral Island - 8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Blackpool Tower - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Blackpool Central Pier - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
  • Blackpool Illuminations - 17 min walk - 0.9 miles

Getting around

  • Blackpool North Station - 15 min walk
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) - 60 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Empress Ballroom - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪The Castle - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Frenchmans Cove - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The 103 Cafe - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Albert's Ale Microbar - ‬7 min walk

About this property

AA Central Hotel

Hotel with a 24-hour front desk, a short walk to Winter Gardens
AA Central Hotel offers 44 accommodations. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Housekeeping is offered on a limited basis and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Make yourself at home in one of the 44 guestrooms. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Self parking on site (GBP 10 per day)

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 6 for adults and GBP 6 for children
  • A bar/lounge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (limited availability)

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

More

  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 6 for adults and GBP 6 for children
  • Self parking fee: GBP 10.00 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

Property is also known as

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New Central Hotel Blackpool
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AA Central Hotel Reviews

Reviews

5.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 48 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 48 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 48 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 48 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 48 reviews" "

6.0/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well the fact was when we arrived at the hotel was told i no longer had a booking and they no longer dealt with expedia this was after id payed expedia
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and room ok, shower a bit small, near everything.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Horrendous Hotel, never again would I step foot in the place. Had nothing but hassle since stepping foot in the door on Monday, no help from the staff rooms are a disgrace and everyone in there was complaining. I have to ring Expedia twice in the space of 4 days because of the way the manager spoke to me and because apparently we wasn't down for a booking because they don't use expedia. Only cash no cards allowed you get no recipt. Woke up to rain pouring on one of the broken beds on Wednesday, got no bin or kettle when we eventually got a room. Looks ok from outside and downstairs but the rooms are disgusting. AVOID! Luckily Expedia has helped us out in this stressful time which should have been a fun little get away.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Richard, nottinghamshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel staff are lovely
The staff are great. Helpful, friendly, professional, couldn't do enough for use. The hotel was clean and tidy downstairs the rooms where clean, but in need of decoration. The end suite is no larger than a broom cupboard with shower toilet and sink. There was no TV in the room, the single bed was broken and had be repaired by laying a board over the divan bed Base that didn't really do the job. The breakfast was great the staff very friendly but the rooms could use some work and updating.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

2/10 Terrible

J, K

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a joke
I booked for 16 people and booked 4 family rooms which sleep 4. After 2 phone calls from the manager saying we had booked for only 7 and hadn't booked at all we finally arrived at this dump at 1000 02/07/2017. We were told at the reception that we could not check in yet but could leave our bags and go out for the day. We did this and I paid in full before we went out. I arrive back on my own at 1700 to sort the rooms to be told we have all double rooms and no family room which is not what was booked. I was then informed I needed to pay £20 deposit per room which was never mentioned before. After saying I can't do this now as everyone was still out I literally had the money thrown at me by a scruffy looking man in an oversized suit and told to find somewhere else and he will re sell the rooms, I was later to find this is the manager. After arguing and finally be given keys we put our bags in got changed and went out. On returning one of our party returned to his room to find a homeless man and a dog sleeping in his room who seemed to have access to all rooms and thought nobody was in that room although our bags were already in there. The place is a joke and needs to be seen to be believed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

2/10 Terrible

Lorraine , Bridlington

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disgusting
When we arrived after booking months ago we were told we had no room even though we had a booking reference, but think we had a lucky escape due to filthy reception area and obnoxious manager. I would not let my worse enemy stay here DO NOT BOOK THIS HOTEL

2/10 Terrible

harry, derby

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location is the only positive
Dont go here. I emailed the hotel to see when check in was they said 2pm. Got there just after 2pm and they said it was 3pm. The locks on the doors dont lock (we had 5 rooms and only 1 locked properly). One staff member just walked into my room unannounced. 1 roll of toilet roll was in the room. No towels. No cup for a cup of tea but kettle, sugar etc. were there. Nobody about to check out the hotel with - ended up giving the key to the cleaner. They dont take card so make sure you have cash upon arrival. Only positive is the location is decent - about a 5 minute walk from the beech front.

2/10 Terrible

Clair

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible
It's was horrible mouldy cold no doors on bedroom the floorboards could move the bed the door to the room was not secured they was a hole an a draft was coming threw there was a crack in the window I didn't stay here we left 20 mins of arriving it was like a prison cell

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
You get what you pay for
The hotel is old unkempt and in need of serious tlc and basic repair. There was no rail in the wardrobe yet hangers the curtains were the wrong size for the window. No tea krone coffee making facilities as for tolitries not even soap to wash your hands with. Someone had been sick in the night and it was still there in the morning when we found it as I could smell it, it reeked. Breakfast was yummy but it was in a small bar area there were no teaspoons. The staff were great but the owner wrote needs to see this a d either close the hotel to get it ready for the summer or sell it on to someone who cares

4/10 Poor

Mr Peter W

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was ok for price done what it said on booking. Staff friendly.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel is OK, breakfast ok, only had peanut butter or chocolate spread for toast, and margarine. I wouldn't recommend hotel to friends.

10/10 Excellent

maggie, C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Enjoyed our long weekend there hotel was what we expected for our money staff were brilliant especially John

10/10 Excellent

deseree&lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel , very friendly, standard hotel
Nice hotel u get what you pay for , would recommend and will be back soon

4/10 Poor

Bryan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
bed comfortable.
Credit card machine on arrival broke,reception said imust go out to cash machine in pouring rain.lock on bedroom door fell off when i reported it, they gave me a screwdriverand said he could not do it has he was on his own.leak on wash basin, they gave me a mop and bucket.had a glass of orange juice in morning the next day same glass on table unwashed from pre vious day.

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolute hole
I understand its blackpool and alot of places are simply for groups of drinkers....BUT.. this place wasn't the cheapest and it said it catered for families. I took my family including my toddler and they put us up in the most god awful rooms that smelt of sewage, hadnt been cleaned prior to check in and certainly hadnt seen a hoover for a good couple of month. Simply had nothing in the room or bathroom except for a couple of grubby cups to attempt a brew at our own peril! Worst place ive had to step foot in. Decor is awful looks dilapidated, meant to have no smoking in where we stopped but could smell it throughout the building. Lift was outdated and barely functional so if your on the 3rd floor make sure you take your hiking boots! Only seen 3 workers who unfortunately were of a misfortunate calibre. 'Manager' apparently, was asked to sort it. She admitted the rooms werent clean and gave a lame excuse that she'd been awake for 36hrs and was either tired or whatever she banged on about i didnt pay much attention. Sorry but if your taking £90 off a customer than the least you expect is the very basics! Had to wait 2hrs in the first crummy rooms till she 'cleaned' another 2 for us. We tried to leave but our car was blocked in so had no choice but to stay and wait it out till morning. Didnt even bother attempting the breakfast. Absolute disaster and i cant believe its allowed to be open for custom. Stay well clear people!!!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Paige

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Was a comfy bed nice and warm. Didn't get to try breakfast as had to rush back home for An appointment.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Dont book if you like sleep!
Whilst the hotel staff were very friendly and helpful, they should have advertised that they accepted parties of males.... all night (literally from 1am - 7.30am) was a complete and utter nuisance.Lads basically partying in each others rooms and screaming, shouting, knocking doors, fighting,, beds in the corridor? (what was all that about) slamming the fire exit doors... we'd have been better off sleeping in the car! not the hotels fault (though they should would have been thrown out anywhere else) and the manageress was heard several times during the night but you cant have families and other guests in the same hotel as stag parties. Its either one or the other - I appreciate they need the business but need to choose really!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is suitable for stag and hen dos , we were kept awake by drunken idiots that think it ok to kick hotel door and scream and shout for 3 hours ,

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Gordon &Jeannie, Derbyshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Kids Half Term holiday break at the Illuminations

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not worth a penny
absolute nightmare. no toilet paper no soap no towels no conditioning and i'm not talking about food .

2/10 Terrible

Mike, East Yorkshire

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
TRULY DEPRESSING..........

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worse hotel I've been in

6/10 Okay

Chloe

Liked: Room comfort
Great few days
Fab few days away hotel is what you pay for if you want 5* then this is not the place. Staff are great very friendly and helpful beds are comfortable rooms are bog standard fine just to get ya head down. Very close to all attractions. We all had a great time and will book again